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This is a very interesting document, but where does it discuss a 20% increase in violent crime? I read the section about organized crime involved with cultivati
by amalter 6y ago
This is a very interesting document, but where does it discuss a 20% increase in violent crime? I read the section about organized crime involved with cultivation and assume that bring some violent elements.
While this is an ostensibly neutral collection of data, it reads to me very favorably about effects of legalization. Surprisingly even vehicle fatalities decreased significantly over the measured time period.
- curiousgeorgio 6y agoPage 160, direct quote: "violent crime increased 20% from 2012 to 2017" If you graph the data presented in table 46, the increasing trend – specifically in violent crime since 2012 – becomes very clear.
- mullingitover 6y agoAlabama saw a similar increase in violent crime in the same period, sans legalization. I'm not seeing any evidence that this is more than a spurious correlation. I'm also not seeing any significant increase in insurance rates after my state ended prohibition, and the traffic fatalities and collisions haven't been significantly impacted. What explanation do you propose for why cannabis legalization would lead to an increase in violent crime?
- tatersolid 6y agoOur auto insurance rates went up significantly in Illinois recently, likely correlated with legalization. Anecdotally, the people I know who use marijuana drive high regularly and don’t think that doing so is dangerous, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.